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Posted 3/3/2014 8:07 PM (GMT 0)
At times I feel ok. No anxiety or lightheadedness. Then out of the blue it's back. Is this just part of anxiety? I've been trying to take the Xanax at regular intervals but even that doesn't always help. The lightheadedness has lessened from when it first started a month or so ago but it's still there. I'm starting to think I'll never feel good again. Sigh...
Posted 3/3/2014 8:22 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Special, that's the journey we all take sometimes it seems its never going to end, the best friend
is to find a therapy that really distracts you from thinking about scary things, it doesn't have to be some
internet thing, it can be anything that really interests you and commands your complete attention, something that you can do anytime you feel that old here it comes again feeling, that's the perfect time
to use this distraction, most of us respond to something physical best because when we are required to
move our body or muscles it takes thinking which tends to over power our anxiety's, Peace

Larry ***
Posted 3/3/2014 11:05 PM (GMT 0)
You'd think I'd be distracted at work!  But once it starts its all I can concentrate on.  UGH!   I have a chiropractor appointment after work and they do theraputic massages on my neck and shoulders.  Hopefully that will take care of it.  It's probably tension causing the lightheaded/pressure feeling in my forehead.  My therapist gave me a CD of Dr. Andrew Weil's breathing techniques.  I'm going to give it a shot and see what happens.  I just have to get rid of this lightheaded/pressure feeling.  Just when I think it's gone it comes back.  Yuck.  After my appointment I'm going to the gym.  Maybe that will help distract me! 
Posted 3/4/2014 12:54 AM (GMT 0)
These are the same things that happen to all of us. I still have weeks at a time where I am fine and happy then, like you said, out of the blue it hits me. I have ponder this question many many times and found no reason it should be like this. I have tried to have the same routine that I have with good days but it doesn't work. I have just came to the conclusion I'm going to have bad days and jut hope the good out weigh the bad.
Posted 3/4/2014 1:08 AM (GMT 0)
And sadly once you are having a bad day it's hard to redirect your focus. Right now I'm focused on being lightheaded. It's crazy. My BP is fine as is my pulse. The doctor ran through all the brain symptom tumors (since I was convinced I had one) and i had no symptoms. He said he could order scans and stuff if that's what I wanted. He said they're rare and certainly not always fatal. And if he thought there was a chance I had one he wouldn't risk his medical license by not insisting on tests. Logically I know this. The left side of my brain which handles logic works find. But the right side overrides it! It works on emotion. A had it keeps winning!!!
Posted 3/4/2014 3:57 PM (GMT 0)
Yes! Some days you think you are just going along feeling semi-normal and then all of a sudden something feels off. And it's a feeling we're used to, an anxiety physical symptom, but it is hard to redirect and not focus on it. I have been working on that with my therapist. Some days are definitely better than others indeed. Wouldn't it be nice if most all days were better? Your doctor sounds very good and understanding. Take comfort in your good health and try to remind yourself that it really is the anxiety talking and *try* to quiet its voice.
Posted 3/4/2014 4:17 PM (GMT 0)
I read my last text and couldn't believe all of the typos.  It appears I was typing with my toes!  Sadly when a symptom pops up it's hard to quiet it.  I woke up with my lightheaded/pressure in my forehead and immediately remembered that waking up with a headache was a brain tumor sign.  So of course, the rest of the anxieity kicked in.  Lent is coming up.  Maybe I can give up worry for Lent!!
Posted 3/4/2014 4:42 PM (GMT 0)
specialone0129

I am so mad at myself as I wrote you an in-depth answer yesterday and danged if I didn't switch pages before I hit post.  That was when I realized I had been online all day and it was time to take a nap.

Anxiety can wax and wane in a day or you can have months of feeling great and for some reason "it is back". Everyone has anxiety in their life but for us it becomes a problem - perhaps from many events in our lives that have added up and when we become anxious we kick into the exaggerated mode.

I may sound a bit off balance but I will have weeks where I am stuck in anxiety and I finally decided I should drink more water - LOL - I am not a spammer !

"In two recent studies, researchers at the University of Connecticut’s Human Performance Laboratory discovered the mental, mood and cognitive downside of even mild dehydration.

Investigators determined that it didn’t matter if a person had just walked for 40 minutes on a treadmill or was sitting at rest – the adverse effects from mild dehydration were the same.Mild dehydration is defined as an approximately 1.5 percent loss in normal water volume in the body."

It may be all in my head but my mood is better now that I force myself to drink at least 8 glasses of water.................but this is just me wanting so bad for anything tot work. :-)

I will leave you with this today:

"Live Close to Me! Together we can keep the wolves of worry at bay." from Jesus Calling - March 4

I wish you peace,

Kitt 

Posted 3/4/2014 5:19 PM (GMT 0)
I'm glad I meandered into here because after reading Kitt's post, I realized I didn't have my trusty water bottle sitting next to me. And I'm a crazy water drinker!

My body hasn't been in a particularly strong state as of late, and my mind has been a little foggy,....but I do find that water intake plays a huuuuuge role, at least for me.

I've been having this headache all morning. In fact I woke up with it, and it hasn't gone away. It wasn't until I read Kitt's post that I realized I had been so tightly focused on how crabby my body feels, that I wasn't paying enough attention to my routine and habits of wellness.

Goes to show,....divine inspiration can come from many sources! ;)




M.
Posted 3/4/2014 6:55 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks!  There are days when I drink about 8 ounces of water and that's it.  Yesterday I had maybe 12 ounces.  Today, I had 8 ounces.  So that's probably not helping things.  I'm just not thirsty.  But after reading your post, I grabbed a bottle of water and threw some Crystal Light into it.  My goal today is 2 bottles of water.  If only getting rid of this pressure/lightheadedness would be as easy as that!  Then I could devote my time to working solely on my anxiety. 

And I love your inspirational quote.  That one is a keeper!  What is "Jesus Calling"??

Posted 3/4/2014 11:46 PM (GMT 0)
Oh, I notice a huge difference when I don't drink enough water. It definitely helps me.

And I love that you quoted Jesus Calling, Kitt! I started reading it this year and it really has been a life saver for me. I feel like each day is speaking directly to my mood that day.

SO, Jesus Calling is a book of daily devotionals. Each one is very short and easy to read and very, very well written.
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